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# Title: A Discourse In Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity (shelfmarks ZEN Leibn. Marg. 40; Leibn. Marg. 40)
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the Doctrine of the Friniey.
our simple Ideas are laid to De adequate, be-
causether are laidtobe only the sffects of
Povers in thines Which produce Sensations
in us. Buc this dochnot prove them ade-
quate asto the thines, Dut Ouly aSEOOUEP er-
ceptions. But asto Substances Wve are told,
Fhat alt our Ideas of them are ina dequate.
S0 thac the Morr oF this is, that we have
no true Rnomledse or Comprehension of
any chins; but re may underctand Mat-
ters oF Faith, as well as we understand
any thins elle, for in Truch re under-
Rand noching. IS noc this a method ot
true Reasoninq to makie us rejeet Doctrines
Ot Faith, Decaule re do not comprehend
them, and at the same time t0 Pay Ne
comprehend nothine: For I appeal to the
common senle ot mankeind, Whecher we
can be said eo Comprehend that, Wtrict
ve can have no adequate Idea oF: But
he eppeals to the Learned; For he Paith,
That eo Comprehend in al correct Authors
is nothine esse but to kenow. But Wtrat is
eotenow: Is it noctohave adequate Ideas
ot the thines we knom: Hon chen can
Webno, that of wrhich e can have no
adequate Idea. For il our Rnomledse De
limited to our Lacas, our Hnomledee must
be imperteet and inadequare irhere our
Ideas arc (0.